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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:48:18 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3Euglena gracillis’ appetite for pollutantshttp://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/euglena-gracillis-appetite-pollutants/
http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/euglena-gracillis-appetite-pollutants/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 10:48:18 +0000http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/?p=25636Tim Lougheed reports for the Canadian Chemical News that an entrepreneurial effort based in the lake-dotted Peterborough region of Ontario is enlisting a strain of algae in an effort to make local water as clean as possible. Euglena gracillis has an appetite for pollutants such as phosphorus...

]]>http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/euglena-gracillis-appetite-pollutants/feed/0USDA taps $8.7M for bioenergy developmenthttp://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/usda-taps-8-for-bioenergy-development/
http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/usda-taps-8-for-bioenergy-development/#commentsMon, 02 Mar 2015 06:05:34 +0000http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/?p=25624The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the availability of up to $8.7 million in funding for bioenergy research and education efforts. They've also published the final rule for a program that provides incentives for farmers and forest landowners interested in growing and harvesting...

]]>http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/usda-taps-8-for-bioenergy-development/feed/0Feeding Farmed Fishhttp://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/feeding-farmed-fish/
http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/feeding-farmed-fish/#commentsSun, 01 Mar 2015 06:47:05 +0000http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/?p=25619Bloomberg Business looks into fish farming and their big problem: They’ve been making feed out of sardines and anchovies and other small fish from the oceans, a source that could be depleted within a few decades. A California company called TwoXSea could have a solution: They’ve developed...

]]>http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/feeding-farmed-fish/feed/0Algal compound a promising anesthetichttp://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algal-compound-promising-anesthetic/
http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algal-compound-promising-anesthetic/#commentsSat, 28 Feb 2015 05:48:36 +0000http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/?p=25612Anesthesiologynews.com reports that the first-in-human trial of an algal compound used for anesthetic purposes was reported at the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2014 annual meeting in New Orleans and was named the “Best Clinical Abstract.” “Neosaxitoxin has prolonged local anesthesia when...

]]>http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algal-compound-promising-anesthetic/feed/0Solazyme reports 2014 resultshttp://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/solazyme-reports-2014-results/
http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/solazyme-reports-2014-results/#commentsFri, 27 Feb 2015 04:14:07 +0000http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/?p=25603Solazyme has announced that total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2014 was $14.5 million, compared with $11.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of 29%. Fourth quarter GAAP net loss was $44.9 million, compared to a net loss of $33.3 million in the prior year period. On a non-GAAP basis...

]]>http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/solazyme-reports-2014-results/feed/0Matrix accelerates spirulina pigments and proteinshttp://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/matrix-accelerates-spirulina-pigments-proteins/
http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/matrix-accelerates-spirulina-pigments-proteins/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 06:08:05 +0000http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/?p=25597Seattle, WA-based Matrix Genetics, a biotechnology company focused on producing safe and sustainable commodities derived from cyanobacteria, has announced what they say is a technology breakthrough allowing for rapid and efficient production of pigments and proteins in Spirulina...

]]>http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/matrix-accelerates-spirulina-pigments-proteins/feed/0Middle East OPEC countries see a future in algaehttp://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/middle-east-opec-countries-see-future-algae/
http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/middle-east-opec-countries-see-future-algae/#commentsWed, 25 Feb 2015 05:44:16 +0000http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/?p=25592The global demand for fossil fuels is swelling against a tight economic environment and the Middle East is no exception. The domestic consumption of energy in the region is increasing at an astonishing rate. Saudi Arabia’s consumption of oil and gas has risen by approximately 5.9% over the past five years...

]]>http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/middle-east-opec-countries-see-future-algae/feed/0Algatech names new CEO and Chief Scientisthttp://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algatech-names-new-ceo-chief-scientist/
http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algatech-names-new-ceo-chief-scientist/#commentsMon, 23 Feb 2015 20:35:51 +0000http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/?p=25580Kibbutz Ketura, Israel-based Algatechnologies, (Algatech) has announced the appointments of Sammy Boussiba PhD., as Chief Scientist, and Ronnie Meninger as CEO. Mr. Hagai Stadler, of Grovepoint (Algatech’s major shareholder) who served in the last two years as an interim CEO will become... [Read the full story]

]]>http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algatech-names-new-ceo-chief-scientist/feed/0Algix and CA waste treatment plant talking algae for plasticshttp://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algix-ca-waste-treatment-plant-talking-algae-plastics/
http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/algix-ca-waste-treatment-plant-talking-algae-plastics/#commentsMon, 23 Feb 2015 06:02:45 +0000http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/?p=25571Kevin Valine at the Modesto Bee writes that the California city of Modesto may sell the algae that grows in its roughly 1,000 acres of sewer ponds at its Jennings Road wastewater treatment plant to Algix, a Mississippi-based company that dries the algae and turns it into pellets to make biodegradable plastic...